Week 3

Sumesh Koyon

INPUT Devices

Support Organization With IT 2

Objectives Overview

Define input and differentiate among a program, command, and

user response

Identify the keys and buttons commonly found on desktop

computer keyboards, and describe how keyboards for

mobile computers and devices differ from desktop computer

keyboards

Describe different mouse types and explain how to use a mouse

Describe various types of touch screens and explain how a touch-

sensitive pad works

Describe various types of pen input, and identify other types of

input for smart phones

Summarize the purpose of various game controllers


Objectives Overview

Explain how resolution affects the quality of a picture captured on a

digital camera

Describe the uses of voice recognition,

Web cams, and video conferencing

Discuss how various scanners and reading

devices work

Summarize the various biometric devices

Discuss how POS terminals, automated teller machines, and

DVD kiosks work

Identify alternative input devices for

physically challenged users


What Is Input?

• Input is any data and instructions entered into the memory of a computer


What Is Input?

• Instructions can be entered into the computer in the form of programs, commands, and user responses

A program is a series of related instructions that tells a computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them

Programs respond to commands that a user issues

A user response is an instruction a user issues by replying to a question displayed by a program


What Are Input Devices

An input device is any hardware component that allows users to enter data and

instructions into a computer


The Keyboard

• A keyboard is an input device that contains keys users press to enter data and instructions into a computer


The Keyboard

• Most desktop computer keyboards have…

Between 101 and 105 keys

A numeric keypad on the right side of

the keyboard

Function keys, CTRL keys, ALT

keys, and arrow keys

WINDOWS key APPLICATION key Toggle keys


The Keyboard

• The insertion point, also known as the cursor, is a symbol on the screen that indicates where the next character you type will appear


The Keyboard

USB port

Keyboard port

Wired Keyboards

Bluetooth

IrDA

Wireless Keyboards


IrDA Keyboard (Infra Red Data Association)


The Keyboard

• An ergonomic keyboard has a design that reduces the chance of wrist and hand injuries

• Ergonomics incorporates comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of the workplace


The Keyboard

• Keyboards on mobile devices typically are smaller and/or have fewer keys

• Some phones have predictive text input, which saves time when entering text using the phone’s keypad


Pointing Devices

A pointing device is an input device that allows

a user to control a pointer on the screen

A pointer is a small symbol on the screen whose location and

shape change as a user moves a pointing device


Mouse

• A mouse is a pointing device that fits under the palm of your hand comfortably– Most widely used pointing device on desktop

computers• A mouse can be wired or wireless


Mouse

• Mouse operations

Point Click Right-click Double-click

Triple-click Drag Right-drag Rotate wheel

Free-spin wheel Press wheel Tilt wheel Press thumb

button


Other Pointing DevicesTr

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stationary pointing device with a ball on its top or side To

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Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads

• A touch screen is a touch-sensitive display device


Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads

Microsoft Surface Touch-sensitive pads


Pen Input

• With pen input, you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat surface to write, draw, or make selections


Other Input for Smart Phones


Game Controllers

• Video games and computer games use a game controller as the input device that directs movements and actions of on-screen objects

Gamepads Joysticks and Wheels Light guns

Dance padsMotion-sensing

controllers


Game Controllers


Digital Cameras

• A digital camera is a mobile device that allows users to take pictures and store them digitally

Studio cameras

Field cameras

Point-and-shoot camera


Digital Cameras


Digital Cameras

• Two factors affect the quality of digital camera photos:

• Resolution is the number of horizontal and vertical pictures in a display device

• A pixel is the smallest element in an electronic display

Resolution

• Each pixel consists of one or more bits of data

• The more bits used to represent a pixel, the more colors and shades of gray that can be represented

Number of bits stored in each

pixel


Voice Input

• Voice input is the process of entering input by speaking into a microphone

• Voice recognition is the computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken words

Voice Input

• Audio input is the process of entering any sound into the computer


Speech

Music

Sound Effects


Voice Input

• Music production software allows users to record, compose, mix, and edit music and sounds


Video Input

• Video input is the process of capturing full-motion images and storing them on a computer’s storage medium

Record video on a digital video (DV) camera or use a video capture card to convert analog signals to digital

Connect the camera to a port on the system unit

Transfer video and images


Video Input


Video Input

• A Web cam is a type of digital video camera that enables a user to:

Capture video and still images

Send e-mail messages with

video attachments

Add live images to instant messages

Broadcast live images over the

Internet

Make video telephone calls


Video Input

• A video conference is a meeting between two or more geographically separated people


Scanners and Reading Devices

Flatbed

Pen or Handheld

Sheet-fed

Drum





• Optical character recognition (OCR) involves reading characters from ordinary documents

• A turnaround document is a document you return to the company that creates and sends it



• Optical mark recognition (OMR) reads hand-drawn marks such as small circles or rectangles

• An OMR device scans the documents and matches the patterns of light



• A bar code reader, also called a bar code scanner uses laser beams to read bar codes



• RFID (radio frequency identification) uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object

• An RFID reader reads information on the tag via radio waves • RFID can track:

Inventory Location of soldiers

Employee wardrobes

Airline baggage

Gauging tire pressure and temperature

Library books Prepaid tolls



• RFID (radio frequency identification)



• Magnetic stripe card readers read the magnetic stripe on the back of cards such as:

Credit cards

Entertainment cards

Bank cards

Other similar cards



• MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) devices read text printed with magnetized ink

• An MICR reader converts MICR characters into a form the computer can process

• Banking industry uses MICR for check processing



• Data collection devices obtain data directly at the location where the transaction or event takes place

• Used in:– Restaurants– Grocery stores– Factories– Warehouses– The outdoors


Biometric Input

• Biometrics authenticates a person’s identity by verifying a personal characteristic

Fingerprint reader

Face recognition

system

Hand geometry

system

Voice verification

system

Signature verification

system

Iris recognition system

Retinal scanners


Biometric Input

fingerprint reader

hand geometry

system

iris recognition

system


Terminals

• A terminal is a computer that allows users to send data to and/or receive information from a host computer

A POS terminal records purchases,

processes payment, and

updates inventory

An automated teller machine

(ATM) allows users to access their bank accounts

A DVD kiosk is a self-service DVD rental machine


Putting It All Together






Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users

• Several input devices are available to assist physically challenged users:

KeyguardKeyboards with larger

keys

On-screen keyboard

Various pointing devices

Head-mounted pointer

Gesture recognition

Computerized implant devices


Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users

Keyboard with larger keys Head-mounted pointer


Summary

Various techniques of entering input

Several commonly used input devices

Keyboard, mouse, and other pointing devices; touch screens, pen input, other input for smart phones, game controllers, digital

cameras, voice input, video input, scanners and reading devices, biometric input, and terminals

Input devices for physically challenged users

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